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University-Community Engagement in the Asia Pacific

Public Benefits Beyond Individual Degrees

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Editors:
  1. Christopher S. Collins

    1. Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, USA

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  • Eclectic and multidisciplinary approach by contributors and centered around university-community partnerships
  • Chapters draw upon country and regional case study examples of community engagement in higher education across the Asia Pacific Region
  • Addresses issues related to how higher education institutions deal with such issues as technology trends, public health, tourism, internationalization, and integration with local and national communities across the region

Part of the book series: International and Development Education (INTDE)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Academic Public Good

    • Christopher S. Collins
    Pages 1-10

  3. Educational Leaders and Partnerships: A Critical Examination of the GLOBE Model for Higher Education Contexts in the Asia Pacific Region

    • Chris M. Lucas
    Pages 11-19

  4. Cross-Border Higher Education: Engaging East Asian Cities

    • Anh Pham
    Pages 21-40

  5. The Challenges and Benefits of Transnational Higher Education: A Case Study of Sino-Foreign Cooperation University in China

    • Xiao Han
    Pages 41-55

  6. Digital Heritage as a Rhetorical Tool for Cultural Preservation

    • Shahreen Mat Nayan
    Pages 57-71

  7. Thai Higher Education and Local Community Engagement Toward Creative Tourism

    • Nongluck Manowaluilou
    Pages 73-86

  8. University–Community Connections and the Thai Concept of Sufficiency: The Case of 9 Boworn

    • Benya Kasantikul
    Pages 87-102

  9. Continued Learning in an Aging Society: A University–Community Collaborative Educational Intervention in Taiwan

    • Wei-ni Wang
    Pages 103-122

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 123-126
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About this book

This edited volume provides a framework for understanding academic public good and offers case studies and perspectives as in depth examples of the ways in which colleges and universities engage with the community to produce social benefits. Focusing on the Asia Pacific region, the authors discuss examples of engagement that produce consciousness, partnerships, and services that are broadly available to the public and enhance the progress of society.  The authors argue that, unlike an individual degree, these are public benefits that should be focused upon and featured more readily so that the breadth of university benefits come to be better understood. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, USA

    Christopher S. Collins

About the editor

Christopher S. Collins is Assistant Professor of Higher Education at Azusa Pacific University, USA, and Associate Director of the Asia Pacific Higher Education Research Partnership at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. His research focuses on the function of higher education in society and its role in social and economic progress.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: University-Community Engagement in the Asia Pacific

  • Book Subtitle: Public Benefits Beyond Individual Degrees

  • Editors: Christopher S. Collins

  • Series Title: International and Development Education

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45222-7

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-45221-0Published: 19 January 2017

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-45222-7Published: 12 January 2017

  • Series ISSN: 2731-6424

  • Series E-ISSN: 2731-6432

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 126

  • Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: International and Comparative Education, Higher Education

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